Zero Co

Australian startup Zero Co aims to replace single-use plastic in households through reusable and refillable eco-friendly products. 

A large amount of cleaning plastic bottles are used every year. An estimated amount of one billion bottles are used across all households in Australia, but only 12 per cent of household plastic waste gets recycled.

Zero Co aims to eliminate the use of single-use cleaning products with refillable containers. The process involves four steps:

• The customer can choose from two variants of Starter Boxes.
• The box is delivered, along with a postage-paid return envelope, dispensers and refill pouches.
• The customer returns empty refill pouches in the return envelope via mail or schedules a pickup.
• Zero Co cleans and refills the pouches, sending them out to more households upon order.

The dispensers are manufactured from plastic waste retrieved from the ocean, while the refill pouches are manufactured from plastic waste diverted from landfills. 

Zero Co will initially release a range of products including dishwashing liquid, laundry liquid, stain remover, dishwasher tablet, hand soap, bodywash, multipurpose cleaner, bathroom cleaner, toilet cleaner and air freshener. 

All Zero Co products boast of the following features:

• Vegan and petrochemical free
• Palm oil, SLS, SLES, Paraben and EDTA free
• Septic and water safe
• Petrochemical free
• Made from waste plastic

Customers can customize their Zero Co box and even order only the refill pouches if required. The startup will deliver its products all across Australia. Customers can also track the part of the ocean they helped clean up, through a specific tracking number printed on the dispenser. 

Zero Co is currently running a crowdfunding Kickstarter campaign and is planning to launch its products in October 2019.